Christie speaks, and looks for lessons — “I will learn things from this,” Chris Christie told me last Friday, a little more than a week after he gave the News Conference to End All News Conferences, and a few days after the cable channels covered his annual address to the legislature …

First on CNN: Lt. governor to deny mayor's Christie claims — (CNN) — New Jersey Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno is expected to “categorically deny” allegations Monday that she gave Hoboken's Mayor an ultimatum to support a redevelopment plan backed by Gov. Chris Christie in order to receive Hurricane Sandy recovery aid, a source said.

EXCLUSIVE: Christie Rival Called Him ‘Bully’ in Unaired Ad — Ad knocking Christie's temperament was cut before latest scandals, but never ran — The political world has suffered whiplash watching Chris Christie go from anointed Republican presidential frontrunner to a man in existential career crisis in just about two months.

10 myths about WW1 debunked — Much of what we think we know about the 1914-18 conflict is wrong, writes historian Dan Snow. — No war in history attracts more controversy and myth than World War One. — For the soldiers who fought it was in some ways better than previous conflicts, and in some ways worse.

Cantor in a pickle on voting rights — The arrival of a bipartisan bill to modernize the 1965 Voting Rights Act has put Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) in a pickle. — The House majority leader has been a rare Republican voice urging assurances that last year's Supreme Court decision …

4 Ways Martin Luther King Was More Radical Than You Thought — Every January, Martin Luther King, Jr. is universally honored as a national hero who preached a peaceful fight against racial injustice. This saintly image is quite a departure from the kind of attacks the reverend endured over his lifetime.

The Undeserving Rich — The reality of rising American inequality is stark. Since the late 1970s real wages for the bottom half of the work force have stagnated or fallen, while the incomes of the top 1 percent have nearly quadrupled (and the incomes of the top 0.1 percent have risen even more).

GOP will rue O-Care focus — Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), chairman of the Republican Senatorial Committee, is sure he has the best political strategy for winning the six seats the GOP needs to capture control of the Senate in November — attack Democrats for the Affordable Care Act.

RUSSIAN ISLAMIC VIDEO THREATENS SOCHI OLYMPICS — MOSCOW (AP) — An Islamic militant group in Russia's North Caucasus claimed responsibility Sunday for twin suicide bombings in the southern city of Volgograd last month and posted a video threatening to strike the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

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